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Higher Academic Courses

Higher Academic Courses of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affaires of the Republic of Uzbekistan is a specialized educational unit carrying out the training of managerial staff, able to manage effectively and organize the activities on crime prevention, detection and investigation of crime, maintenance of public order and protection of citizens, execution of punishment, education of personnel and increasing its professional level.

The Higher Academic Courses were established by the Decree of the Cabinet of Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan No 442/69 adopted in September 23, 2004 as an independent specialized educational unit.

The major objective of the Higher Academic Courses is to train managerial staff for the organs of internal affairs having a high professionalism, spiritually and morally developed, able to effectively organize the activities of the organs of internal affairs on crime prevention, struggle against crime, maintain public order and protect citizens, organize and manage the activities on execution of punishment, education of personnel and increase its professional level.

The main tasks of the Higher Academic Courses:

improving the professional skills and qualifications of the officers serving in the managerial ranks of the organs of internal affaires on effective organization and management of the activities directed to crime prevention, solution and investigation of crimes, struggle against criminality and maintenance of public security, execution of punishment, education of personnel;

cultivating in the students the spirit of patriotism, loyalty to the ideas of independence, developing of managerial character, improving of the skill and ability of efficient protection of citizens’ constitutional rights, solution of the tasks on maintenance of public safety in the country, control of the personnel, creation in the team of a healthy moral and psychological condition;

developing in the students of the skills of analyzing and estimating of the operative situation, planning of measurements, adoption optimal management decisions and organization of their execution, effective management of the forced and means in ordinary conditions and emergencies;

propaganda among the personnel of the organs of internal affaires, citizens, members of social associations of the legal and scientific knowledge;

introduction in the educational process of progressive information and pedagogical technologies, progressive experience of training of the officers of law enforcement bodies;

strengthening and improving of the material and technical resource of the Higher Academic Courses in accordance with the modern requirements and standards.

Teaching-and-educational and scientific-methodical work

The educational process in the Higher Academic Courses is carried out on the basis of the Decree approved by the Minister of internal affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, qualification requirements and model curriculum on the specialty of “Management activities in the organs of internal affairs” and the training programs on academic disciplines approved by the chief of the Academy. Persons learnt the training programs and successfully passed Final state attestation are granted with the state diploma.

In the Higher Academic Courses educational process is organized on the basis of a modul system where advanced teaching and innovative technologies are used. In educational process, besides training lessons on specialty disciplines and aimed at improving the physical and combat training of students there organized an open classrooms on formation and development of management skills, broadening and deepening of social and political knowledge.

The students’ knowledge level on each subject is estimated on the basis of a rating system.

To ensure direct connection of theoretical education with practice of the activities of the organs of internal affairs lessons experienced managers and specialists of branch services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan are involved in conducting classes and the students pass a qualification practice on the basis of the organs of internal affaires.

Qualification requirements and curriculum based on modul training system provides training at the Higher Academic Courses of the managerial staff of the level of chiefs of district organs of internal affaires.

In accordance with the qualification requirements, curricula and training programs the students of the Higher Academic Courses systematically learn the following training modules:

– introduction to management activities;

– activities of the deputy chief on working with the personnel of the city and district organs of internal affaires;

– activities of the deputy chief on the service of the city and district organs of internal affaires;

– activities of the deputy chief – the chief of the investigative apparatus of the city and district organs of internal affaires;

– activity of the first deputy chief of the city and district organs of internal affaires;

– activities of the chief of the city and district organs of internal affaires;

The term of study at the Higher Academic Courses is one year. Regular special rank for the students of the Higher Academic Courses are assigned in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Internal Affaires on awarding special ranks to the employees of the Interior.

Students of the Higher Academic Courses pass Final attestation on the discipline “Philosophy of law and the idea of national independence: basic concepts and principles”.

Graduates of the Higher Academic Courses are sent to the completing bodies after comprehensive study of their conformity to the previously planned positions during a month under the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan and completing organs of Internal affaires – Central Administrative Board of Internal Affaires – Board of Internal Affaires and are appointed to the positions a rank higher then the previous one.